Uh oh, New England have grabbed all the momentum.

Okay, thos shampoo Super Bowl commercial has a Tye Dillinger endorsement deal witten all over it.

Lol, Santino Marella did an interview where he said Roddy Piper slapped harder than Jim Cornette. Yeah, dude, that's a huge surprise. He also seemed to miss the part of his own story where Corny was telling him it was better he was slapping him around than Marty Wright.

Marella is a funny guy, but every time he does an interview I am convinced he is a fucking idiot.

Wondering if The Spirit Squad are still with the WWE considering that they're both listed as official members of the Smackdown roster.

Damn...feel stupid having forgotten about that...one of the few good tracks from WWE Originals. I seem to recall he started to use it @ or just before or after WM XX. I'm sure he had it at least AT WM XX, because he and Rob Van Dam were a tag team and they either fought for or defended the then World Tag Team Championships at the show in a 4 corners style Fatal-4-Way 8-man tag.

They're probably not officially signed, but might be brought in if they need anybody. It'd be good to see them show up at WrestleMania for the Battle Royal or something.

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Wrestlemania X8 on the Gamecube had this.

Was that Booker theme actually officially ever used in an arena? I remember it being the one they dubbed over on DVDs when they didn't want to licence his theme, which is why it's in games like X8 and Crush Hour as well.

I think so. I remember him coming out to it at some point.

Possibly, but they would have to cut overtime in some way like college and pros do. I seem to recall a Saturday night game going to 4 overtimes, and J.R. making the call: "I think I just heard Lorne Michaels faint!"

More successful than Ernest "The Cat" Miller's Royal Rumble dance party...

Should've come out to American Alpha's open challenge.

Shit like this pisses me off.

I remember liking 2 things about that game, being able to break any move while it was being performed AND being able to throw like 17 tables into the ring.

Why? It's a unique way to escape a hold.

That's not from WWE Originals. It's a dubbed theme.

You may be thinking of this:

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It was never actually used live in arenas. I may be wrong, but I think it's just used on the Judgement Day and Armageddon 2003 DVDs and also WrestleMania X-8 and Crush Hour (like you said) but also WrestleMania XIX too.

This

They have to give the crowd time to realize what happened to react. Even RKOs "out of nowhere" are set up.

He should collapse his arm immediately.

If I was road agent Road Doggy Dogg I would have whooped their asses then get a promotion.

I would be less annoyed if they did that spot on Saturday Morning Slam though.

I think a better reaction would have been Daivari looking at his hands like "Wait, what?"

Similar to the reaction to Billy Robinson's full nelson escape. (Regal did the same spot, but elbowed the guy in the face before they could react.)

Can I have a gif?

Osprey V Shibata is going to be such a great feud.

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Anyone know any funny wrestling stories? I don't get much of a chance to watch anymore but I just read a bunch of classic Haku stories that made me eager for more.
Abdullah The Butcher stuff is always good too but from what I have read he is an embittered old man who gives people Hepatitis C so I don't know what to think anymore.

I would like some stories though.

Listen to podcasts great stories bro

Are there any particularly good podcasts you would suggest I try?

The card is going to change

Thanks, I'll download an episode or two and see how they go.

Watched the new episode of 205 Live. Feeling a bit dead inside.

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Andre The Giant's daughter backstage at SmackDownLIVE tonight


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Seeing the botch and hearing the story makes it so much better :D

Any way we can set that one asshole commenter on fire*?

*hyperbole. I don't want to actually set another human being on fire. The guy is a cold sore on the lip of human decency. Likely has never had sex without hearing "Stop it, Uncle" at some point.

Mike Adamle apparently has dementia. Geez, only 67 years old.

605 Superpodcast and Between the Sheets

Thank you buddy, I will check those out too.


Mick Foley should do a wrestling podcast, he always has top quality stories.

Welp, this will be an entertaining rabbit hole:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitTheUniverseSays/

The poster or the announcer?

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Also lol at "Randy Organ"

Announcer. Also has CTE which probably is the reason he kept flubbing lines, poor guy.

Saw the video on Facebook. Feel terrible for the guy
Can see sadness in his eyes.

Kinda doubt a dna test would be needed, looks quite a bit like him.

We at some point need James Ellsworth vs Roman Reigns. The Big Hog vs the Big Dog

Does Ellsworth have a large unit?

Roman would keep going for the Superman Punch only to keep missing because he doesn't have a chin.

By winning last night the Vaudevillains ended a 239 day 80 match losing streak.

Lol

Let's hope she didn't inherit his rocks breaking in slow motion voice.
I was watching The Princess Bride last month and he sounded like one of the adults in Charlie Brown and Snoopy holding their nose.

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THE EPIC REMATCH WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!

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I'd recommend "Honky Tonk man likes to watch"

I was looking at his wiki page today so I'm sold.

Thanks mate

come on man:(

It was a valid question. I feel genuinely bad for the announcer. Was he an athlete in his day before becoming a broadcaster?

NXT tag titles are Roman proof. WCW Hardcore championship is pretty random though.

Oh yeah. Football player. Probably has CTE.

That's a real shame for the guy.

According to JBL, WWE canceled his "Legends with JBL" show for the WWE Network. The upcoming episode with Jimmy Hart is going to be the series finale.

What happened to that show where they complained about the IWC?

Either they realized a ATH/PTI-like show doesn't work for wrestling with how they did it or just felt like wasting a bunch of money to trash their fans.

WWE Paige wants to do MMA after WWE and Del Rio has been "training" her.

I don't think a few sessions of ground and pound counts.

Del Rio has been training her not Jimmy Snuka.

Oh you meant in the sexual way.

Too bad. I enjoy this series

They need to renew E&C's show and Holy Foley..... I like both of those.

The $700M revenue man

Da fuck, the way that Umbrella reacts near the end of that clip is just weird.

Not weird at all

Yeah it just flies off like its still being held, i'd have expected it just to fall over.

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Not sure about Holy Foley but Edge has been teasing for a while on Twitter about them working on ideas and gags for the next season. Pretty much them having a hard time coming up with enough gags is why its taking them a long time.

Laws of aerodynamics, sucka

Here's an odd fact I just found out while researching something...

Out of all wrestlers with at least 250 matches under their belt, Goldberg has the best winning percentage of all time. Number two? Mojo Rawley.

lolwhat?

GET ON THAT HYPE TRAIN, BABY

Slightly less odd, if we limit it to just wrestlers with over 50 matches The Ultimate Warrior has the best winning percentage of all time and Asuka is 2nd.

That really is weird. There is something to unpack there about how guys are booked, frankly. Asuka having the best winning percentage of all-time would be a great gimmick if they kept her strong and clear of the 50/50 club.

The umbrella of independence

Was Kurt Angle's WCW Championship win a big deal?

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According to WWE's recent fiscal report, Network has around 1.5 million subscribers with the breakdown being 1.4 million paid in the US and around 400k for the rest of the world. Puts them around the break even range (1.3-1.5 million per month) although for the first time they didn't include free accounts into the numbers.


In terms of overall revenues, WWE managed to have its highest fiscal year ever at $729 million in revenue. Net profit ended up being around $33.4 million overall which ends up being lower than pre-Network era for that category. TV fees basically carried the company this year since everything else was mostly down.

TALK N SHOP MOTHERFUCKERS!!

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The umbrella reacts how you'd expect a fully open umbrella to act in an environment with very little wind. At least a good quality one.